Domenico Robusti detto il Tintoretto? (1560-1635), GAILILEVS GAILILEVS MATHVS:, circa 1610-1615?, oil on canvas, ? x ? cm, London, National Maritime Museum?

In this oil portrait Galileo seems older than his "before 1603" appearance shown by the Calendi-Tito engraving. But he seems younger than the Villamena version of 1623. This is why we propose to date this painting circa 1610-1615? On other hand, in the early 19th century, the engraver Schiavoni did not hesitate to make him look younger...

Dans ce portait Galilée semble plus âgé que dans version gravée de Calendi-Tito le montrant avant 1603. Par contre il semble plus jeune que dans la version Villamena de 1623. C'est pourquoi nous proposons de le dater vers 1610-1615? Par contre, au début XIXe siècle, le graveur Schiavoni n'a pas hésité à le rajeunir...

N. Schiavoni, after "a lost portrait of Tintoretto", Galileo Galilei, 1820 engraving, ? x ? cm, in Vite e ritratti d'illustri italiani, Milano, tipografia Bettoni, 1820, Volume II ; and in Cento ritratti di illustri italiani, Milano, Niccolò Bettoni, 1824, Fascicolo XIV.

F. Schiavoni, after a portrait by Domenico Tintoretto, Galileo a circa 40 anni, engraving, ? x ? cm, in Documenti Lincei e cimeli galileiani, Roma, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1965. Is it a detail of the left plate? Is it N. or F. Schiavoni?